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• September 2023 Office non-Security updates

  Posted on September 6, 2023 at 05:29 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on September 5, 2023.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). Office 365 and C2R are not included.

  Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

  Office Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, August 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• What’s up with the August office updates

  Posted on August 8, 2023 at 15:29 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Did I miss a month in the calendar?

  I thought Office 2013 was no longer under support as of April.  Not August but A-P-R-I-L.

  OH I see what they are doing…. it’s a “defense in depth” patch which is shorthand for saying that we clearly still see that a lot of you are using Office 2013 so we’d better fix it so it’s not used in more attacks.

  Proving once again that bugs will always be with us.  Once again more full analysis of what the risks are coming in the newsletter.

  Microsoft Office 2013

  Product	Knowledge Base article title and number
  Excel 2013	Description of the security update for Excel 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002451)
  Office 2013	Description of the security update for Office 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002439)
  OneNote 2013	Description of the security update for OneNote 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB4022167)
  Outlook 2013	Description of the security update for Outlook 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002449)
  PowerPoint 2013	Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002399)
  Project 2013	Description of the security update for Project 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB4484489)
  Publisher 2013	Description of the security update for Publisher 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002391)
  Visio 2013	Description of the security update for Visio 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002417)
  Word 2013	Description of the security update for Word 2013: August 8, 2023 (KB5002445)

  Office Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• August 2023 updates are out

  Posted on August 8, 2023 at 12:44 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  For Apple devices, while 16.6 was released back on July 24, your device may not have received them yet – or will be installing it shortly. As always, if you see any weirdness try turning the device off and then back on again.

  August is BlackHat and Defcon – the big security conferences held in Las Vegas and this month is a BIG release for security patches as well.

  We STILL do not have a patch for all affected version of Office/wordpad for last month’s security vulnerability in Office/html (if you remember it was patched in the M365 versions but not all) instead we have an advisory.

  Exchange mail servers have a patch.

  .NET’s have security updates.

  More in next weeks newsletters.  For now I start testing on my canary machines and you – you just hang tight and defer those updates.

  Windows Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• August 2023 Office non-Security updates

  Posted on August 2, 2023 at 12:39 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft issued NO non-security updates for Office 2013 or Office 2016 for the month of August 2023.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). Office 365 and C2R are not included.

  Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

  Office Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, August 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016